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rwanda is landlocked between corrupt countries. it is the most densely populated country in africa and its people earn only $1,300 a year, 1/36 of the average in the united states. so where is it headed? president kagame joins me. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> tell me about corruption. corruption is -- when people think about africa, this is the dominant image that comes up. when you talk to businessmen, they will often tell you this is a huge problem. how did you create a culture or is it institutions or is it laws that have made corruption decline so dramatically? >> in our case it's not one thing that solves the problem of corruption, it's a combination of factors. first, it is education. and people have got to talk about it. we have to discuss it, we have to show how corruption will make institutions failure to solve the way they should serve the people. at the same time we have to put institutions in place, we have to put processes of accountability in place. >> you have sent a lot of people -- the system have sent a
rwanda is landlocked between corrupt countries. it is the most densely populated country in africa and its people earn only $1,300 a year, 1/36 of the average in the united states. so where is it headed? president kagame joins me. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> tell me about corruption. corruption is -- when people think about africa, this is the dominant image that comes up. when you talk to businessmen, they will often tell you this is a huge problem. how did you create a...
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my interview with the president of rwanda. helps transform dry, thinning skin, by strengthening its moisture barrier, for improved texture and elasticity in 2 weeks. reveal healthy, supple skin. aveeno skin strengthening. in your car. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> books have beewritten about it, films have been made about it, rwanda is best known for genocide that claimed m
my interview with the president of rwanda. helps transform dry, thinning skin, by strengthening its moisture barrier, for improved texture and elasticity in 2 weeks. reveal healthy, supple skin. aveeno skin strengthening. in your car. now count the number of buttons on your tablet. isn't it time the automobile advanced? introducing cue in the all-new cadillac xts. the simplicity of a tablet has come to your car. ♪ the all-new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. the...
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it's outside of rwanda, angola. the government had to build this to solve its housing shortage, but very few can actually afford to live there. cnn's dave mckenzie takes us inside a high-rise ghosttown. ♪ >> this is the promise of a new angola. the government propaganda video shows the scale of the new city. ♪ the chinese got. it's quite extraordinary. some five years ago there was absolutely nothing here. just bush. in that time they have schools and medical centers, kindergartens and tens of thousands of apartments. built using angola's oil credit lines with china. the final touches are still being made. but there are highways without cars. schools with no pupils. it feels like a ghosttown. we eventually found someone who had bought a flat. >> so you live in this apartment building? which -- where is your apartment? on the seventh floor. wow. and this building, is it completely filled? >> no, no. >> translator: no. we have through residents in this building. three apartments occupied. >> reporter: is it strang
it's outside of rwanda, angola. the government had to build this to solve its housing shortage, but very few can actually afford to live there. cnn's dave mckenzie takes us inside a high-rise ghosttown. ♪ >> this is the promise of a new angola. the government propaganda video shows the scale of the new city. ♪ the chinese got. it's quite extraordinary. some five years ago there was absolutely nothing here. just bush. in that time they have schools and medical centers, kindergartens...
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you don't have to go to rwanda or angola. you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this, right down the street in new york city and see this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them ? if not us, who? if not now, when? as scripture tells us, to those to whom much is given much is expected. you have to live your life so at the end of your journey you will know that your time here was well spent, that you left behind more than you take away. fifth, do xavier proud. you have a rich tradition to uphold. st. catharine drexel created a very special place here in louisiana. the mission of this university has remained constant for the better part of the century. i love this mission -- to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. let me repeat that so that you can think about it and let it sink in a little bit. xavier's mission is to contribute to the promotion of a mor
you don't have to go to rwanda or angola. you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this, right down the street in new york city and see this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them ? if not us, who? if not now, when? as scripture tells us, to those to whom much is given much is expected. you have to live your life so at the end of your journey you will know that your time here was well spent, that you left behind more than you...
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the rwanda to make their product as much as possible to look like apple. >>> the enormity of the decision when the is an adding machine to tally up the reward >>> i was adding it up there were 22 items, when i hit the = holy smokes i was surprised what came up >>> the number was 1.049 sold 1 billion, 49 million. >>> how did you feel about that with that number? >>> it was mind-boggling to me we came up with that number. >>> it is not likely they did the battle is ended samsung says it will continue to fight. don knapp cbs 5 >>> more than 300 earthquakes rattled southern california from imperial valley to san diego county this is what it looks like on the cbs 5 seismo cam raft the first quake at 3.5 at 10 a.m. this morning this is animation of a 4.9 shaker that hit at 1230 the largest in the swarm measured 5.3 no reports of damage or injury. san francisco police chief the highest paid top cop in the country and is about to get a raise next month as annual salary bump up 2% to $307,000, by comparison helmet more money than san francisco mayor ed lee can and governor jerry brown and vice pre
the rwanda to make their product as much as possible to look like apple. >>> the enormity of the decision when the is an adding machine to tally up the reward >>> i was adding it up there were 22 items, when i hit the = holy smokes i was surprised what came up >>> the number was 1.049 sold 1 billion, 49 million. >>> how did you feel about that with that number? >>> it was mind-boggling to me we came up with that number. >>> it is not likely...
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over 5% a year in ten sub-saharan countries and over 8% in kenya, rwanda, and senegal. there are even bright spots in the reduction of graph and corruption. ghana, south africa, namibia, rwanda, and botswana each has less corruption, gets this, than italy and greece according to transparency international. governance is improving in many countries. terrorism by islamic extremists remains, but there is progress here as well. having largely driven the al qaeda-linked al shabab from mogadishu, the capital, the city is experiencing the longest period of relative peace since 1991. jeff gettleman, "the new york times'" east africa bureau chief is a frequent visitor to mogadishu. he told me that visitors to mogadishu's airport were until recently asked to list on their arrival form the caliber of their weapon. now they are asked the purpose of their visit, including if it's a holiday. behind much of this growth and improvement lies the global demand for commodities. with large shares of the world's oil, gold, and rare minerals, africa has been an attractive source of raw mater
over 5% a year in ten sub-saharan countries and over 8% in kenya, rwanda, and senegal. there are even bright spots in the reduction of graph and corruption. ghana, south africa, namibia, rwanda, and botswana each has less corruption, gets this, than italy and greece according to transparency international. governance is improving in many countries. terrorism by islamic extremists remains, but there is progress here as well. having largely driven the al qaeda-linked al shabab from mogadishu, the...
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teaming up with the group called the fdlr which is the remnants of the army that committed genocide in rwanda in 1994. these guys are blamed for sweeping into villages, raping hundreds of women, chopping apart children, massacre of people. that's who the government is teaming up with. the rebels are accused of pulling people from huts in the middle of the night, shooting them in the head, so congo is this really, it's like this caldron of abuse on a scale that's unlike just about anywhere else in the world. i cover a number of these conflicts in africa. i cover somalia, darfur. just about everywhere else things are changing or getting a bit better in some cases. congo has stayed the same for almost ten years and that same is very disturbing state of anarchy. >> ironically, congo has enormous national resources, is a beautiful, lush country, right? >> yeah, it's spectacular. it is really one of the most beautiful places i've been anywhere. just last week, there was a huge volcano with streams of smoke shooting out of it. it's very lush. it's very fertile. the lakes are beautiful. the environme
teaming up with the group called the fdlr which is the remnants of the army that committed genocide in rwanda in 1994. these guys are blamed for sweeping into villages, raping hundreds of women, chopping apart children, massacre of people. that's who the government is teaming up with. the rebels are accused of pulling people from huts in the middle of the night, shooting them in the head, so congo is this really, it's like this caldron of abuse on a scale that's unlike just about anywhere else...
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questions about the rwanda genocide, and the questions seem to keep mourchting. >> we appreciate the update. thank you. >>> why is the teachers union in louisiana blocking school choice and competition that would give the kids a better education? how typical. it's a court fight with national implications. free market choice in education, as well as every place else. that's up next. stay with us, please. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> fast food forward, a group looking for wage increases and union recognition demonstrated at several new york fast-food locations. [ chanting ] >>> the workers and supporters are demanding $15 an hour, up from the minimum w
questions about the rwanda genocide, and the questions seem to keep mourchting. >> we appreciate the update. thank you. >>> why is the teachers union in louisiana blocking school choice and competition that would give the kids a better education? how typical. it's a court fight with national implications. free market choice in education, as well as every place else. that's up next. stay with us, please. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid...
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state department that makes a cameo appearance in the book, quoted asking, if we call what happened in rwanda genocide, how does it play for us in what were then the mid term elections of 1994. well, there's a pattern here as we see. one is a reluctance to have america be engaged in certain issues, and the second one is politicizing foreign policy issues because they might hurt the president's political stance. >> paul: and you want a secretary of state, if you're-- well, the american people want a secretary of state who is some more independent judgment and not thinking so much about the politics, is that the point? >> that would be one thing that you would look for in the secretary of state. >> paul: sorry for stating the obvious. >> the national interests and not the president's mid term when it comes to iran and north koreas of the world. >> paul: is that enough to stop, mary the president from getting the secretary of state that he wants and with john kerry mentioned the senator from massachusetts as the alternative to susan rice, would he be any better. >> i'm surprised that the preside
state department that makes a cameo appearance in the book, quoted asking, if we call what happened in rwanda genocide, how does it play for us in what were then the mid term elections of 1994. well, there's a pattern here as we see. one is a reluctance to have america be engaged in certain issues, and the second one is politicizing foreign policy issues because they might hurt the president's political stance. >> paul: and you want a secretary of state, if you're-- well, the american...
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this is not in rwanda -- >> don't get me wrong, i think we need to do something. we have a role in the world. dealing with genocide is one of them. my problem is the cold hard reality of what the options are. what john laid out seems to be right. i'm not a military strategist but it makes sense in what we can and can't do. the size of the syrian military, et cetera. what is it that we do? we are against annan, we are against this and that. what are we for. >> i have a great idea. bring richard haass on tomorrow. we'll sit and listen to him. can you be here? >> let me get to the front page of the new york times. >> also, in "newsweek", this article broke. >> it's offering a detailed account of how president obama deals with terrorists. the president, the president who argued against the use of torture and wanted to close gitmo has been overseeing a top secret process of which suspects should be placed on a kill list as part of a drone war. it's made by officials who sift through biographies of al qaeda suspects. they are then sent to the president for approval. the
this is not in rwanda -- >> don't get me wrong, i think we need to do something. we have a role in the world. dealing with genocide is one of them. my problem is the cold hard reality of what the options are. what john laid out seems to be right. i'm not a military strategist but it makes sense in what we can and can't do. the size of the syrian military, et cetera. what is it that we do? we are against annan, we are against this and that. what are we for. >> i have a great idea....
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host: this link between rwanda and syria is made in "the washington post" on monday, september 24. u.s. ambassador to you and takes center stage in serious debate. setting the lessons of rwanda, which you spoke about, offered an imperfect guidebook for susan rice. position isice's that there is no cookie cutter approach, which is what she says. i think it is probably accurate. however, the united nations in 2005 at a high-level summit endorsed a principle called the responsibility to protect, which is a norm that basically says every government has the responsibility, the fundamental obligation to not make war on their citizens and to prevent them from suffering from mass atrocities. and when a government cannot do that, that sovereign responsibility develops to the international community. in libya, it was probably the first case in which that was invoked. although an operation in kosovo in 1999 had been similar -- where there were not that many strategic interests, but the danger of imminent massacres was one that called for action. the situation in syria, obviously more people h
host: this link between rwanda and syria is made in "the washington post" on monday, september 24. u.s. ambassador to you and takes center stage in serious debate. setting the lessons of rwanda, which you spoke about, offered an imperfect guidebook for susan rice. position isice's that there is no cookie cutter approach, which is what she says. i think it is probably accurate. however, the united nations in 2005 at a high-level summit endorsed a principle called the responsibility to...
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. >> this is about rwanda. there's a few chapters in the book about rwanda, and this particular chapter is the first one which is, you know, what happened in the spring of 1994 and why did the united states not immediately or within a few weeks respond militarily to the situation in rwanda which we endured an enormous amount of criticism in the aftermath for a policy which i admit in this book was a failed policy. why did that happen? >> and just a reminder that 800,000 people perished. >> right. i'll read it here. over a period of about 100 days commencing on april 6, 1994, an estimated 800,000 women, children and men -- most of tutsi identity -- were massacred. that averages 8,000 murders per day. the killings were planned by the top rwandan government, military, business leaders and carried out by thousands of machete-carrying hutu. it was a phenomenon that was unimagined at the time and remains almost surreal to this day. if anyone had speculated prior to the genocide that such a daily low-tech killing rate
. >> this is about rwanda. there's a few chapters in the book about rwanda, and this particular chapter is the first one which is, you know, what happened in the spring of 1994 and why did the united states not immediately or within a few weeks respond militarily to the situation in rwanda which we endured an enormous amount of criticism in the aftermath for a policy which i admit in this book was a failed policy. why did that happen? >> and just a reminder that 800,000 people...
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and ordered into pushing that entry in who's roussel even less sandbags are not so nice clean war, rwanda's the on their toes to make sure there is not any more, police and with the rain coming in, it is already saturated clearly led so we are not out of the and live with some trouble to spotlight will tell live. right now is a little on the quiet side as to pull between fainting in and out of high water right now. it we look forward to getting back up again as the rain comes, back to you. >> marty: now this is a window breaking at a lamborghini dealership in downtown san francisco tweeted for damage was done by occupy the measure is. the group was marching from when some people broke away from the main and damaged several front windows and then continue market if. we show where the protesters went from there. >>reporter: the occupy am protesters marched to the former hill hotel and took it over for about three hours. the formal hotel has been vacant for about three years now. >>reporter: the protesters walked into franklin street and blocked traffic some protesters got on to the building's
and ordered into pushing that entry in who's roussel even less sandbags are not so nice clean war, rwanda's the on their toes to make sure there is not any more, police and with the rain coming in, it is already saturated clearly led so we are not out of the and live with some trouble to spotlight will tell live. right now is a little on the quiet side as to pull between fainting in and out of high water right now. it we look forward to getting back up again as the rain comes, back to you....
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i'm clear, rwanda has been a continues to be a success story of a country that has gone from genocide and disaster to being a role model for development and lifting people out of poverty in africa. and i'm proud of the fact the last government and this government have continued to invest in that success. on an equally clear that we should be very frank and very firm with the president and the rwanda the regime that we do not accept they should be supporting militias in the congo or elsewhere. i've raised this issue personally with the president by continue to belive that investing in rwanda's success is one of those countries in africa additionally you can break the cycle of poverty, you can improve conditions where people. it's something that we were right to do. >> today, the unemployment figures show a reduction of 62000 the number of 16-24-year-olds out of work for three months of august. and the employment is now the highest level since records began in 1971. i'm sure the prime minister will want to commend the economic policies of this government to the whole house. >> my friend
i'm clear, rwanda has been a continues to be a success story of a country that has gone from genocide and disaster to being a role model for development and lifting people out of poverty in africa. and i'm proud of the fact the last government and this government have continued to invest in that success. on an equally clear that we should be very frank and very firm with the president and the rwanda the regime that we do not accept they should be supporting militias in the congo or elsewhere....
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he was there in a senior position during the rwanda massacre. then he became secretary general, the highest career position in the united nations, during the late 1990's and onward until ban ki moon took over. he retired from the united nations after two terms as secretary general. now he has been brought back out of retirement to take on a special envoy role. your question, i think, implies that kofi annan's record suggests he has not been very effective in the past at preventing massacres, weather in rwanda, the balkans, or iraq where he also dealt with saddam hussein. i remember that well. i was involved in the state department at the time observing and trying to react to kofi annan's maneuvers with saddam hussein, another bloodthirsty dictator in the middle east. his record, i would say, is at best only half-measure. today i have some hope he has learned from those mistakes. his latest proposal as he spells it out publicly in the "washington post" is a step forward. he is presenting a plan now not just for a cease-fire or dialogue but for a
he was there in a senior position during the rwanda massacre. then he became secretary general, the highest career position in the united nations, during the late 1990's and onward until ban ki moon took over. he retired from the united nations after two terms as secretary general. now he has been brought back out of retirement to take on a special envoy role. your question, i think, implies that kofi annan's record suggests he has not been very effective in the past at preventing massacres,...
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rwanda is just one example of a global trend. so, you know, even in places like saudi arabia, which have septemb centuries long issues with women's suppression, slowly, but surely -- we're not anywhere near where we in the with west think those countries should be but driving is becoming more acceptable. >> there are changes? >> there are change. >> unequivocal data that the best way to improve the world is the empowerment of women, especially the economic empowerment of women. >> when there are more women in the higher offices of business and government there's actually less corruption. >> and more fairness. >> hmm. margaret, let's get together and talk about that after the show, shall we? talk about the sisterhood. >>> let's talk about another issue, which he says by not wiring communities, you allow -- and everybody has cell phones, you actually allow these communities to swrump over what has been historically a hurdle, wiring an entire community, expensive, challenging. cell phones change that. >> he takes head on the divisio
rwanda is just one example of a global trend. so, you know, even in places like saudi arabia, which have septemb centuries long issues with women's suppression, slowly, but surely -- we're not anywhere near where we in the with west think those countries should be but driving is becoming more acceptable. >> there are changes? >> there are change. >> unequivocal data that the best way to improve the world is the empowerment of women, especially the economic empowerment of...
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well-known organization out of boston delivers health care to the poorest of poor initially in haiti and rwanda and malawi. they used diesel generators because they had no choice to power the hospital. we told them this is a better way. it will cost more up front with a solar solution, but over time they're actually saving money, lots of money. so it's not just a more sustainable way took economicabeconomica economical economically. it's a smarter way. >> this is about a project in west africa, because it's not just the power and lights. it is a whole revolution in irrigation. take a look. >> thanks to irrigation, the production is multiplied by ten. the crops are more varied and today maize, tomatoes or salad even grow here. >> these women can now feed their families all year-round but also earn money and rise from poverty by selling their crops on the markets. commerce has appeared thanks to solar power, a first step towards development. >> you and i met a few years ago, and you told me about this project. i feel like you should have a budget of a billion dollars. i'm serious. it does seem to
well-known organization out of boston delivers health care to the poorest of poor initially in haiti and rwanda and malawi. they used diesel generators because they had no choice to power the hospital. we told them this is a better way. it will cost more up front with a solar solution, but over time they're actually saving money, lots of money. so it's not just a more sustainable way took economicabeconomica economical economically. it's a smarter way. >> this is about a project in west...
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in rwanda, we saw hundreds of thousands killed. in sudan, thousands killed. in bay beirut and bell fast when i was doing reporting in those areas, i think my mind was saying in a kind of indirect way, this is the way the world turns. there's great sadness in it. it's a question of how you live in a world in which there are sadness. i was distant. i wanted to write a story about something. the story i wanted to write was about somebody's grief. now when it's your own grief, you begin to understand the depth of it. and frankly the desire for silence. one of the real great advantages of being out in a kayak is it's very, very quiet. >> brown: you said this is in part for other people. are you surprised by the stages-- because we started talking about making toast and what that was lik, wha at was about-- to now? are you surprised by the path individually that you've had to go through and are there lessons for other people? >> i hope there are lessons for other people. i hope it is a useful book for other people. i wasn't aware of particular stages. i think i was
in rwanda, we saw hundreds of thousands killed. in sudan, thousands killed. in bay beirut and bell fast when i was doing reporting in those areas, i think my mind was saying in a kind of indirect way, this is the way the world turns. there's great sadness in it. it's a question of how you live in a world in which there are sadness. i was distant. i wanted to write a story about something. the story i wanted to write was about somebody's grief. now when it's your own grief, you begin to...
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you don't have to go to rwanda or angola, you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this. right down the street in new york city and see this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them if not us, who? if not now? when? as scripture tells us to those to whom much is given, much is expected. yet to live your life so at the end of your journey you will know that your time here was well spent. that you left behind more than you take away. fifth, do xavier proud. you have a rich tradition to uphold, saint katherine drexel create add great police here in louisiana. the mission of this university has remained constant for the better part, i love it, to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing students to assume roles of leadership and service in the global society. let me repeat that so that you can think about it and let it sink in a little. xavier's mission is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a g
you don't have to go to rwanda or angola, you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this. right down the street in new york city and see this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them if not us, who? if not now? when? as scripture tells us to those to whom much is given, much is expected. yet to live your life so at the end of your journey you will know that your time here was well spent. that you left behind more than you take away....
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having that kind of international peace process that brings pressure to bear on the parties, rwanda supporting the rebels, uganda supporting the process, the government is creating problems in the east as well. they need to be preshed into looking at the root causes since this cycle of violence began. >> is there anything that people can link sometimes, you have people who are suffering, wars taking place in that area. >> yeah. thanks for asking for that because the link between all of us who buy these products, like laptops and cell phones, and the violence is congo is very direct. it's sourced from the congo. so a major international effort has -- is under way just like the blood diamonds movement a decade and a half ago for sierra leonne and trying to drive that international market, that supply chain to be a more peaceful and legally developed. so that's really the objective. join up in some of those international efforts, go on raisehopeforco raisehopeforco raisehopeforcongo.org and talking about bringing transparency so that creates incentives for peace in the congo itself. >> john, than
having that kind of international peace process that brings pressure to bear on the parties, rwanda supporting the rebels, uganda supporting the process, the government is creating problems in the east as well. they need to be preshed into looking at the root causes since this cycle of violence began. >> is there anything that people can link sometimes, you have people who are suffering, wars taking place in that area. >> yeah. thanks for asking for that because the link between all...
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if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western penchant for technological solutions. if you look the russia georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought convention site with a significant unconventional aspects. and if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional site font in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seen -- and i don't like putting words like this cytosine for no more for no more, but i hybridization of war that we are going to have to accept. these are wars and certainly with iraq and afghanistan, so present in our experience, in our database views are wars that are fought among the people, among innocent people. often found in urbanized terrain or towns in rural villages that brutalize their technological advantages in with the west choosing an increasingly legalistic structure to greater reparations, what we deem permissible in combat is more and more limited. meanwhile, our enemies open a popular coleader aperture for what constitutes a legitimate target or a legitimate tactic. i am not so sure that whether it i
if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western penchant for technological solutions. if you look the russia georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought convention site with a significant unconventional aspects. and if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional site font in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seen -- and i don't like putting words like this cytosine for no more for no more, but i hybridization of war that we are going to...
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. >> rwanda, the small country in calf africa, is number one in terms of the percentage of women in their parliament. having been there and seeing how this country is trying to get past 1994, the genocide, and the society and how they are relying on the decision-making of women was really beautiful. >> we were surprised by that fact, too. rebecca, what do you know? >> i read a story in "the tampa bay times" that it is hard to keep track of what florida legislatures are doing around the country, but florida has a right to praifcy within the state constitution, if roe were overturned nationally, it would still be legal in the state of florida. conservatives are trying to do all crazy things but i learned they are trying to undo to make an amendment to the state's constitution to undo the right to privacy and are calling this, prohibition on public -- on the ballot in november, prohibition on public funding of abortion: construction of abortion rights. and if you vote for that will undo the privacy right that would protect abortion. >> of course, the series of cases that lead to row identify
. >> rwanda, the small country in calf africa, is number one in terms of the percentage of women in their parliament. having been there and seeing how this country is trying to get past 1994, the genocide, and the society and how they are relying on the decision-making of women was really beautiful. >> we were surprised by that fact, too. rebecca, what do you know? >> i read a story in "the tampa bay times" that it is hard to keep track of what florida legislatures...
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behind afghanistan, rwanda and tanzania. a record 298 women have filed to run for congress this year. and as of this past tuesday, 155 have won their primaries for the house of representatives. my next guest is one of the women running. she's a democratic nominee in ohio's fifth congressional district and is taking on the incumbent described as one of the most conservative members of the house. joining me from toledo, ohio, is angela zimmerman, a mother, pastor and college professor and member of the united states congress. good morning. >> good morning, melissa. how are you? >> i'm just fine. there you are in ohio. >> here i am. >> and the gop ticket is in your state campaigning today. >> i am campaigning here in northwest ohio. like you mentioned, i'm a mom, i'm a pastor and professor. i'm an engineer. and i'm here this morning to talk with you and folks all over the district. >> i want to start a little bit with your opponent because, in many ways, your opponent representative bob lotta is not that different than paul rya
behind afghanistan, rwanda and tanzania. a record 298 women have filed to run for congress this year. and as of this past tuesday, 155 have won their primaries for the house of representatives. my next guest is one of the women running. she's a democratic nominee in ohio's fifth congressional district and is taking on the incumbent described as one of the most conservative members of the house. joining me from toledo, ohio, is angela zimmerman, a mother, pastor and college professor and member...
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because the imagination, we know, has been turned to terrible, terrible effects in places like rwanda, in places like world war ii. when we start to imagine the other as nonhuman, as less than us, we can do terrible things. but all the characters in this book use their imagination to actually empathize with the people on the other side. they make this break, often because of direct contact. once that happened, it becomes a lot harder for them to conform. >> beautifully said, with eyal press, author of "beautiful souls: saying no, breaking ranks, and heeding the voice of caution in dark times," i can't recommend it hardly enough. >>> what you should know for the news week ahead, coming up next. the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small businesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best technology
because the imagination, we know, has been turned to terrible, terrible effects in places like rwanda, in places like world war ii. when we start to imagine the other as nonhuman, as less than us, we can do terrible things. but all the characters in this book use their imagination to actually empathize with the people on the other side. they make this break, often because of direct contact. once that happened, it becomes a lot harder for them to conform. >> beautifully said, with eyal...
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president clinton had said allowing genocide to happen in rwanda was one of his greatest failures in office. we know the president spent time with bill clinton recently. what is your sense how potent this is for president obama and whether or not he would take the step of taking out these facilities before this could happen? >> well i think we obviously known about the threat of syria's chemical weapons capability for a long time and this conflict has been going on now, getting close to two years. so we're a little bit late in the game to finally be worried about what might happen. in fact, there is actually a bigger risk in my view. it will be a tragedy if the weapons are used against the opposition in syria. but the potential for an even larger tragedy exists if the opposition gets hold of these chemical weapons, the terrorist elements in the opposition and sends them outside syria where they could be used by terrorists around the world. so the threat, although our immediate focus is the risk inside syria, i don't think we can ignore. i think america's focus ought to be the threat
president clinton had said allowing genocide to happen in rwanda was one of his greatest failures in office. we know the president spent time with bill clinton recently. what is your sense how potent this is for president obama and whether or not he would take the step of taking out these facilities before this could happen? >> well i think we obviously known about the threat of syria's chemical weapons capability for a long time and this conflict has been going on now, getting close to...
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and rwanda's involvement in that country. u.n. security council experts alleged rwanda support of rebels against the congolese army after last month's cease of the city of gomea by a rebel military group. that hearing by house foreign affairs subcommittee will begin live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it on c-span3. also a look at the republican party in the 113th congress. hear remarks from republican congressman jim jordan and steve scalise on the future of the conservative movement. they'll be speaking 3:30 eastern right here on c-span. >> belittle me. strangle me. >> he's not safe on that bus. >> i've been on that bus. they are just as good as gold. >> as all of us i think in this country, we're starting to see people coming out and talking about their experience of this if he none none that so many of us -- phenomenon that so many of us experienced one way or another and had no words for other than adolescence, other than growing up. finally people will starting to stand back and say, hold on. this isn't actually a normal
and rwanda's involvement in that country. u.n. security council experts alleged rwanda support of rebels against the congolese army after last month's cease of the city of gomea by a rebel military group. that hearing by house foreign affairs subcommittee will begin live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it on c-span3. also a look at the republican party in the 113th congress. hear remarks from republican congressman jim jordan and steve scalise on the future of the conservative movement....
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that said, there are signposts i think from recent campaigns and if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western pension for the technological solutions. if you look of the russian georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought conventional fight with significant on conventional aspects, and then if you look at the second lebanon you find largely on conventional fight fought in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seeing and i don't like putting words like this in front of the war but a hybrid of the war that we are going to have to accept. these are wars and certainly with iraq and afghanistan, so present in our experience and our database. these are the wars fought among the people, among innocent people. often fought in the urbanized terrain or towns in rural villages that centralize many of our technological lead and ditches and with the west choosing an increasingly legalistic structure to guide our operations what we deem it permissible in the, it is more and more limited. meanwhile our enemies open up apocalyptic the their at pitcher for what co
that said, there are signposts i think from recent campaigns and if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western pension for the technological solutions. if you look of the russian georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought conventional fight with significant on conventional aspects, and then if you look at the second lebanon you find largely on conventional fight fought in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seeing and i don't like putting words like...
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you had rwanda 1994. sh i reserve the balance of my time needsa, 1995. i would love you to address what we could have done and didn't. i know there has been a report on this fairly recently about -- that albright brought together, didn't she, on rwanda? >> let's talk about what we developed as tools from this experience. number one, the icty, the yugoslavia tribunal. the possibility that you could localize responsibility in a few key leaders. milosevic went to the tribunal. there are other ways to respond to international criminal abuses. the second was the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did at deyton. and the third is the concept of atrocities prevention which -- and what madelyn albright and bill cohen and others did was bring -- madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did which was sign a directive -- atrocities prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally democracy building. as a longer term ant doket -- antidote. and so these were horrible ep societies
you had rwanda 1994. sh i reserve the balance of my time needsa, 1995. i would love you to address what we could have done and didn't. i know there has been a report on this fairly recently about -- that albright brought together, didn't she, on rwanda? >> let's talk about what we developed as tools from this experience. number one, the icty, the yugoslavia tribunal. the possibility that you could localize responsibility in a few key leaders. milosevic went to the tribunal. there are...
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sit here and say this but for ten years we watched genocide in darfur, did we do anything about it, rwanda, did we do anything about it, no. perhaps because it was africa. but the fact of the matter, the fact is, the united states could involve itself around the world in genocide, everybody worries about it but you'll feel differently when the first u.s. troops go down and ask ourselves is it worth getting involved in another country. >> i understand russia and china are allies but think about that, we can't put public pressure on? >> russia has had a decades-long alliance with syria. they're not going to give that up. >> they're doing the -- >> what is romney going to do? specifically. somebody ask him the question, specifically, what are you going to do? martha: bob -- >> bob, more public pressure, we know there is risk with arming the rebels. that is not what romney is saying to do. martha: we're on the brink of the fourth u.n. discussion, basically, and they have been completely ineffective in doing anything in this situation. >> is that something new to anybody? >> martha: precisely.
sit here and say this but for ten years we watched genocide in darfur, did we do anything about it, rwanda, did we do anything about it, no. perhaps because it was africa. but the fact of the matter, the fact is, the united states could involve itself around the world in genocide, everybody worries about it but you'll feel differently when the first u.s. troops go down and ask ourselves is it worth getting involved in another country. >> i understand russia and china are allies but think...
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clinton, at which time bill clinton made ace hug best mistake, allowing the genocide to go forward in rwanda and she was working with richard clark when she said do you want bin laden and clinton said it's not worth it. where was she during this? where was she? >> gretchen: it's obvious, it's obvious that president obama is going to nominate susan rice. >> steve: i don't think so. >> gretchen: oh, because you know what? she's going to meet with a moderate republican today, susan collins, and it will be interesting for me to hear what susan collins, because sometimes she sides with the democrats and sometimes with the republicans. >> brian: she's on the record very critical of her. >> steve: sure. and the other moderate republican she'll meet with is bob corker from tennessee who says his meetings with rice have been transparent and open burks he also says of rice, she always reminds me of someone who has every drop of kool-aid, espousing 100% whatever the administration is putting forward. will she be able to charm a couple of republicans? let's find out if today goes as badly as yesterday d
clinton, at which time bill clinton made ace hug best mistake, allowing the genocide to go forward in rwanda and she was working with richard clark when she said do you want bin laden and clinton said it's not worth it. where was she during this? where was she? >> gretchen: it's obvious, it's obvious that president obama is going to nominate susan rice. >> steve: i don't think so. >> gretchen: oh, because you know what? she's going to meet with a moderate republican today,...
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. >> brian: she was in charge of rwanda. >> i covered the aftermath of the embassy bombings. i was in nairobi afterward. i met with the embassy staff. they lost a dozen people in that awful bombing. i visited the site. it was a gigantic crater. indeed the embass staff had requested ambassador enhanced security. the problem was that it was located at an intersection of two very busy streets. it was right on the street level built years before al-qaeda. and the back parking lot was totally open. that's where this truck had driven in loaded with explosives and created this massive destruction that killed not only the 12 americans but well more than 200 kenyans. i think though, to blame susan rice is kind of like blaming fema for 9-11. under secretary of state who was in charge of facilities and that's the group that deemed the terrorist threat there to be medium. it really wasn't susan rice. i'm curious why she's being made -- it's like scapegoating susan is the affliction that's sweeping washington. >> brian: you just did what susan rice evidently didn't. you just explained tha
. >> brian: she was in charge of rwanda. >> i covered the aftermath of the embassy bombings. i was in nairobi afterward. i met with the embassy staff. they lost a dozen people in that awful bombing. i visited the site. it was a gigantic crater. indeed the embass staff had requested ambassador enhanced security. the problem was that it was located at an intersection of two very busy streets. it was right on the street level built years before al-qaeda. and the back parking lot was...
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rwanda? libya? syria? venezuela? bangladesh? in the absence of a clear determination by our time-honored constitutional process, who should decide where our young men and women in our national -- and our national treasure should be risked? some of these endeavors may be justified, some may not, but the most important point to be made is that in our system, no one person should have the power to inject the united states military and the prestige of our nation into such circumstances. our constitution was founded upon this hesitation. we inherited our system from great britain but we adapted and changed it for a reason. one of our strongest adjustments from the british system was to ensure that no one person would have the power to commit the nation to military schemes that could not be justified by the interests and the security of the average citizen. president after president, beginning with george washington, have emphasized the importance of this fundamental principle to the stability of our political system and to the integr
rwanda? libya? syria? venezuela? bangladesh? in the absence of a clear determination by our time-honored constitutional process, who should decide where our young men and women in our national -- and our national treasure should be risked? some of these endeavors may be justified, some may not, but the most important point to be made is that in our system, no one person should have the power to inject the united states military and the prestige of our nation into such circumstances. our...
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. >> he's sourcing fair traded coffee and cocoa in rwanda and other countries, so he's helping the developing world in a way that doesn't have to come from foreign aid. >> right. >> he's also insourcing manufacturing of his cups in ohio, bringing back from china and from other places and saying let's really galvanize local industry. he's in a position to be able to do that. you think about the creativity of job creation integrated with the creativity of this invest for impact space. it's amazing. >> but do companies, and we had branson on and he has had book with a nasty title, screw business or something like that. my question to him was if a company only rewards shareholders, only creates jobs, thousands and thousands of jobs, only satisfies customers by giving them what they want at a better value and a better product, do they need to not walk around holding their heads up high if they don't have a social component? isn't that, for society, isn't that in and of itself a noble -- >> i think what she's saying is that there are a lot of people, a lot of companies that want to do both, and the
. >> he's sourcing fair traded coffee and cocoa in rwanda and other countries, so he's helping the developing world in a way that doesn't have to come from foreign aid. >> right. >> he's also insourcing manufacturing of his cups in ohio, bringing back from china and from other places and saying let's really galvanize local industry. he's in a position to be able to do that. you think about the creativity of job creation integrated with the creativity of this invest for impact...
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you don't have to go to rwanda or angola, you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this, right down the street in new york city and do this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them if not us? who? if not now, when? as scripture tells us, to those to whom much is given, much is expected. be you -- you have to live youre so that at the end of your journey, you will know that your time here was well spent, that you left behind more than you take away. [applause] fifth, do xavier proud. you have a rich position to uphold. st. catherine direct el created a special place here in louisiana. the mission of this university has remained constant, i love this mission: to contribute to the motion of a more just and humane society by preparing students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. let me repeat that so you can think about that and let it sink in. to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. what
you don't have to go to rwanda or angola, you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this, right down the street in new york city and do this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them if not us? who? if not now, when? as scripture tells us, to those to whom much is given, much is expected. be you -- you have to live youre so that at the end of your journey, you will know that your time here was well spent, that you left behind more...
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if you remember there was some criticism of how she handled the rwanda genocide. some sanctions on iran and north korea on syria, it's been a bit of a slog. now obviously there are going to be a lot of questions about benghazi. she's seen, wolf, as one of the president's closest advisors, maybe seen as a little bit too loyal to the president and not independent enough. and her advisors say there could be a little bit of the senate trying to get their man in, john kerry. you've seen some republican senators, senator mccain, today senator collins saying john kerry would be an excellent choice and easily confirmed. >> they would like to confirm their own members. some critics have talked about her personality that shoost too abrasive, too tough, what do you think? >> well, she does have sharp elbows. she is considered someone in washington to be blunt. she's had notorious spats with hillary clinton, richard holbrook when he was ambassador to the united nations. and she also had tough criticism for hillary clinton, inflammatory language for john mccain running against
if you remember there was some criticism of how she handled the rwanda genocide. some sanctions on iran and north korea on syria, it's been a bit of a slog. now obviously there are going to be a lot of questions about benghazi. she's seen, wolf, as one of the president's closest advisors, maybe seen as a little bit too loyal to the president and not independent enough. and her advisors say there could be a little bit of the senate trying to get their man in, john kerry. you've seen some...
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you were sick immediately when you got back from rwanda. >> food poisoning, unrelated. unrelated. >> i'm enjoying the banter and the back and forth. >> you're leaning back like this with andrew talking. >> that's true. >> look at futures as we speak. >> look at the camera guys wearing masks. >> like michael jackson. dow jones looks like it would be off as with the s&p 500, relatively marginal. the treasury selling more shares of aig, selling $18 billion, aig will be buying back $5 billion of that amount doing it at a profit. bp is selling gulf of mexico exits to plains exploration in a dheel page official a few minutes ago, the price $5.55 billion. bp trying to help pay for the 2010 gulf oil spill. >>> gasoline prices up eight cents a gallon according to the latest lundberg survey, average $3.84 per gallon, as hurricane isaac caused temporary cutbacks in refining capacity. >> yeah, right. >> i know where you could go with that. >>> for the first time in 25 years teachers in chicago are going to be striking this morning, more than 26,000 teachers and support staff are wa
you were sick immediately when you got back from rwanda. >> food poisoning, unrelated. unrelated. >> i'm enjoying the banter and the back and forth. >> you're leaning back like this with andrew talking. >> that's true. >> look at futures as we speak. >> look at the camera guys wearing masks. >> like michael jackson. dow jones looks like it would be off as with the s&p 500, relatively marginal. the treasury selling more shares of aig, selling $18...